Retail prices touched ₹1,03,000 for 10 gm of gold with a 3% goods and services tax (GST), an occurrence which does not augur well for sales on Akshaya Tritiya, an annual Hindu and Jain spring festival when it is considered auspicious to buy gold. Akshaya Tritiya falls on April 30 this year.
Sebi gets power to directly remove false stock content
The Securities & Exchange Board of India (Sebi) has been empowered by the government to order social media platforms to remove unlawful stock-related content. This